Posthumous Mark Lanegan release is in the works

It’s been nearly 2 years since Mark Lanegan died at home in Killarney, Co. Kerry, aged 57. Since then, his social media accounts had remained inactive, that is, until this week, when a tweet teased an upcoming posthumous release.

We appreciate your kind & loving words over the last 2 years.

There is lots of news to share with you very soon🖤 pic.twitter.com/YrkZodQNTo

— mark lanegan (@marklanegan) July 8, 2024

“We appreciate your kind & loving words over the last 2 years,” the post reads. “There is lots of news to share with you very soon.”

Alongside the announcement are pictures of Abbey Road studios’ front door and a hoard of mixing consoles.

Hailing from Washington State, Lanegan rose to prominence as the lead singer of the envelope-pushing, alt-rock band Screaming Trees, a heavy hitter in Seattle's emerging grunge scene in the early ‘90s.

He went from rock underdog to punk's top dog, with a stockpile of incredible solo releases under his belt, collaborations with Kurt Cobain and Isobel Campbell and a longtime member of Queens of the Stone Age. His last album was 2020’s Straight Songs of Sorrow, making this upcoming release the first from Lanegan in 4 years.